TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-distance connections in Vanuatu: New obsidian characterisations for the Makue site, Aore Island
AU - Galipaud, Jean-Christophe
AU - Reepmeyer, Christian
AU - Torrence, Robin
AU - Kelloway, Sarah
AU - White, Peter
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A geochemical study using pXRF and LA-ICP-MS to characterise artefacts from sites dating to the initial phase of colonisation on Aore and Malo islands, Vanuatu, has confirmed the dominance of obsidian from the distant Kutau/Bao source in West New Britain, with a smaller group from local outcrops in the Banks Islands, Vanuatu. Three flakes from the Umleang/Umrei source in the Admiralty Islands have also been identified in later levels. Distance fall-off analysis of metric and technological attributes suggests that during the early phase of human colonisation of Remote Oceania, obsidian circulated within a series of separate, loosely connected social spheres.
AB - A geochemical study using pXRF and LA-ICP-MS to characterise artefacts from sites dating to the initial phase of colonisation on Aore and Malo islands, Vanuatu, has confirmed the dominance of obsidian from the distant Kutau/Bao source in West New Britain, with a smaller group from local outcrops in the Banks Islands, Vanuatu. Three flakes from the Umleang/Umrei source in the Admiralty Islands have also been identified in later levels. Distance fall-off analysis of metric and technological attributes suggests that during the early phase of human colonisation of Remote Oceania, obsidian circulated within a series of separate, loosely connected social spheres.
U2 - 10.1002/arco.5030
DO - 10.1002/arco.5030
M3 - Article
VL - 49
SP - 110
EP - 116
JO - Archaeology in Oceania
JF - Archaeology in Oceania
SN - 0003-8121
IS - 2
ER -